2012-01-18:
We received our first Greek translation! The PKD article is the first one to be translated into Greek.

2012-01-15:
Oci Cat Club has joined the PRA Health Programme and the Ocicat database has been opened for registration of PRA test results. Please read more about PRA here. To register the PRA status of your Ocicat please find the contact info here.

2011-12-27:Paolo Savi is a new database maintainer for the British Shorthair. He would like to invite all the UK British Shorthair cat breeders to join the British Shorthair Database with their cats and kittens pedigrees.

2011-11-20:
We now have information from the Feline Cardiomyopathy Consortium (FCC) regarding their planned studies to find the genetic background of HCM in cats. With better knowledge about the genetics behind HCM the researchers could not only develop new gene tests to help the breeders, but also to develop better medications and other treatment for the affected cats. We hope many breeders and other cat owners will participate in this important project!

2011-01-07:
The first new database published at PawPeds in 2011 is for the cat breed Munchkin.

2011-01-01:The British Shorthair database has now been moved to version 2 of NetPedigree. We also have a new database maintainer who takes over from Hanny Olsen. Therefore we welcome Carolina Björn (S*Qtcat) and send many thanks to Hanny Olsen (S*Wi'nte Sams) for providing us with the initial database and for working with the British Shorthair database for so many years.

2010-07-18:
We are now introducing the possibilty to create a free account at PawPeds. See register an account in the user guide for more information on how to do it. When you are registered as a PawPeds user you will get some additional functionality. For example, mark individuals that occurs more than once in a pedigree. We plan to introduce more functions of which some will cost money. Note that we will not restrict access to data or the existing functionality, not even via a free account.

2010-05-09:
Today two translations were added: first a Czech translation, the second part of the interview with Don Shaw.
The other translation is Polyps - FAQ in Russian.

2010-04-24:
The health results of tested animals are now shown in a different order. As of now they are ordered by type of test, and then by date.
And behind the testresult it now also displays how old the animal was at the moment the test was performed.
Click on the "[h]" link behind an animal in the pedigree and see what has changed!
Then we also added two links above the Search pages in the pedigree databases. They are "Recent Additions" and "Recent Updates".

2010-03-27:
A new database has been started for the cat breed La Perm.
This database has been started from scratch, so please send in pedigree information to the database maintainers!

2008-04-14:
We have now made an update of NetPedigree 2. The major changes are a new search algorithm and more settings in User Preferences. For example, you can set the preferred search method and which, if any, health info to be shown directly in the pedigree. More information about the changes can be found in the updated user guide.

2008-03-29:
Another new article was added today: a photo story about the BAER test, both in English and Dutch.

2008-03-18:
There is a new article on PawPeds: Canine Hip Displasia by Susan Thorpe-Vargas and John Cargill.

2008-03-09:
We added two translations of the "Glossary of terms" at the Heritage site: the Norwegian and the Portuguese version.

2008-01-05:
The version 2 of NetPedigree is now in use at PawPeds. To learn more about this version have a look at the user guide. We also have a special page where we try to explain the most common questions about the new version.

2007-12-28:
The next round of the internetbased course about cats, in Swedish, is being started 6 February 2008. Read more about the course in English or in Swedish.

2007-10-21:
New databases have been started for the dog breeds Kirgiz Sighthound Taigan and Kazakh Tazh! Both these databases are being started from scratch, so please send in pedigree info to the database maintainer!

2007-09-23:
An internetbased course about cats is being started in the PawAcademy. Eventually we plan to have the same course in different languages, but the first course will be held in Swedish. Read more about it in English or in Swedish.

2007-09-23:
Test results from the DNA test for one HCM mutation, found by Dr. Kathryn Muers and her team in Maine Coons, is now being shown in the Maine Coon database. You can read more about how to test for this mutation and how to get it registered with the health programme here.

2007-08-06:
The recommendations for the HCM DNA test were translated into Danish.

2007-08-06:
A Croatian translation of the article about Maine Cats was added.

2007-07-24:
A new function, for reverse pedigrees, was added to the version 2 to the database program. Read more about that in the User Guide for version 2!

2007-07-10:
A database for Korat cats has been planned and worked on for a looooong time. And for a loooong time it has been "almost ready" to be published. Today the time has come to really do publish it. ;-)

2007-03-22:
We have two new articles on the Heritage site. They are: A Cat Tale, an article from a magazine from 1921, and an article about Sonya Stanislow from the Tati Tan cattery. The last article is at this moment only available in German, but hopefully soon also in English.

2007-03-21:
Four new articles about vaccinations were added to the PawAcademy.

2006-11-08:
A new database was added, this time for a horse breed: Mérens.

2006-10-27:
The German version of the Heritage site has been updated. The layout and articles are now the same as in the French and English version. Not all pages are translated yet, but our translators are working hard to get the job done! We also received the Spanish translation of the Eliminating Mutation article.

2006-10-26:
We received the first Portuguese translations for the Healthprogramme.

2006-10-09:
Our team of translators has been quite busy lately: they send us a Danish translation of the PK Deficiency health programme, an Italian and a German translation of the "Health Programmes: what is it all about?" article, and a German translation of the "Mouth- and teethproblems" article.

2006-10-04:
The results in the health programmes for Aby and Somali (PRA and PK deficiency) are now showing directly in the PawPeds database.

2006-06-29:
Three new translations have been added to the PawPeds website: an Italian translation of the Eliminating Mutation article, and an Italian and a French translation of the Building a Catrun article.

2006-06-06:
The PawPeds project has expanded a lot over the years, and the costs for PawPeds have increased in the same way.
Therefore we decided to place Google ads on the pages of PawPeds, hoping this will cover our expenses.
Also, we added a new article: Building a Catrun. It has lots of pictures and will be a great inspiration to everybody who wants to build a secure outdoor room for their cats.

2006-06-05:
Today we received our first Russian translation! The Breeding A Litter article was translated into Russian, and it was also translated in Italian. And the userguide is translated in Portuguese.

2006-03-27:
We've had a few very busy days at PawPeds: we added a French translation of the Siberian Exile article, and Italian translations of the summary of Dr. Meurs & Dr. Kittleson's seminar and of the recommendations for the DNA test.
There are also a few new articles. One is about mouth- and teethproblems in cats and three are reprints of an interview with the late judge Don Shaw. This interview was earlier printed in the Summer, Fall and Winter edition of "The Scratch Sheet", in the year 1976.
A big thank you to the translators for all their work and to the people from The Scratch Sheet for allowing us to publish this interview on the PawPeds website!

2006-03-23:
There is now a French translation of the article about Polyps available.

2006-03-22:
The recommendations for the DNA test are now also available in French!

2006-03-19:
We added German translations of the explanation of the HCM form, and of the recommendations for the DNA test.

2006-03-17:
The health programme against HCM now has info on the new DNA test for MyBPC3, and recommendations regarding this test.

2006-03-13:
New databases have been started for Bombay and Bichon Frise! Both these databases are being started from scratch, so please send in pedigree info to the database maintainers!

2006-03-13:
We have for quite some time been working on adding two health programmes for Abyssinian and Somali to PawPeds. Now finally we are ready to publish those, although there are still many test results left to be entered. The health programmes are against PK deficiency and PRA, and they are run by the breed club Aby & Somaliringen.

2006-02-18:
The genetics course was translated into French by Catherine Muller-Sautreau, and into Italian by Sonia Campa and Salvo Rinzivillo.

2006-02-17:
A summary of Dr. Meurs & Dr. Kittleson's seminar about the MyBPC3 mutation, written by Catherine Muller-Sautreau, was added to the PawAcademy today. The article is available in English and French!

2005-07-30:
Six more chapters from Harrison Weir's book "Our Cats", from 1889, were added to the history section of the PawAcademy

2005-07-26:
A chapter from an old German cat book was added to the history section of the PawAcademy! The name of the book is Illustriertes Katzenbuch, and it was printed in Berlin 1896. Author is Jean Bungartz, who also made the drawings in the book. The chapter we now publish is about the different breeds and varieties, and these are in many cases very odd ones! The Scottish Fold breeders might be particulary interested in the Chinese longhaired cat with hanging ears, for instance. So far this article is only available in German, which is the original language of the book of course. Hopefully translations will come with time!

2005-06-13:
Our first course is now available in the PawAcademy! The subject of the course is Genetics.

2004-06-06:
The User Guide is now available in two more languages - Spanish and Catalan. Many thanks to Xavi Alavedra de la Gaterķa, Els Quatre Gats, for the translations! All in all the User Guide is now available in nine languages!